A symposium sponsored by the 
New York Law School Law Review and the West Point Center for the Rule of Law 

Exonerating the Innocent: Pre-Trial Innocence Procedures
Examining a novel approach to reducing the incidence of wrongful convictions

When
Friday, November 5, 2010, 8:15a -5:30p

Where
New York Law School
Event Center, W201
185 West Broadway, New York City

Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Theodore J. Jones
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and Co-Chair of New York’s Justice Task Force

RSVP
Free registration is required for this event
Register now at www.nyls.edu/innocence

Contact
E innocence@nyls.edu

About the symposium

This symposium will examine an entirely novel approach to substantially reducing the system failures that lead to wrongful convictions: the use of pre-trial innocence procedures and bureaus meant to limit the number of convictions of innocent people, especially the indigent, by allowing defendants to establish their innocence prior to or at trial. Leading scholars and practitioners will examine whether or how such procedures could spare innocent defendants from long prison terms in a system where establishing a person's innocence following conviction is extremely difficult. Papers from the symposium will be published in a forthcoming issue of the New York Law School Law Review.

Panels and Panelists

Theoretical and Empirical Considerations of Pre-Trial Procedures
Eugene Cerruti (Moderator), New York Law School
Paul Cassell, S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah
Leon Friedman, Hofstra University School of Law
Samuel Gross, University of Michigan Law School
Paul Robinson, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Approaches and Alternatives to Pre-Trial Procedures
Peter Neufeld (Moderator), Neufeld Scheck & Brustin
John H. Blume, Cornell Law School
Lissa Griffin, Pace University School of Law
James S. Liebman, Columbia Law School
Lesley C. Risinger, Seton Hall University School of Law
D. Michael Risinger, Seton Hall University School of Law

Political and Practice Considerations: Statutes and Demonstration Projects
Col. Maritza Ryan (Moderator), U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society
Keith A. Findley, University of Wisconsin Law School
Theodore M. Shaw, Columbia Law School
Mike Ware, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office

Five (5) CLE credits will be available for $50 and at no charge for NYLS alumni and JAG Corps officers.